Weiliang Tan

Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University

Visiting Student in Economics at Yale University

My name is Weiliang Tan. I am a PhD Candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University and a visiting student at the Department of Economics at Yale University from January 2023 - May 2025 hosted by Prof. Samuel Kortum. I am on the 2024-2025 economics job market.


- Advisors: Prof. Ivan Rudik (Cornell), Prof. Samuel Kortum (Yale), Prof. Peter Schott (Yale), Prof. Nancy Chau (Cornell)

- Primary Fields: International and Spatial Economics; Urban Economics

- Secondary Fields: Macroeconomics; Environmental Economics

- Research Focus: The Spatial and Network Aspects of Innovation and Climate Change